Shoe-polishing device



Patented May 9, 1922,

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SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT-8,1919.

Patented May 9, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN BAUER, or nnrnorr, MICHIGAN.

I SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Application filed September 8, 1919. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michi an, have invented a new and useful Shoeolishing Device, (Case 13,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in polishing shoes, one of its objects being to provide a motor driven means whereby the ordinary brush and polishing cloth used by bootblacks can be dispensed with and the same beneficial results obtained more quickly and thoroughly and with far less effort.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which can be handled readily, is light, durable and eflicient.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combina-. tions of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of another form of the device, the housing being shown partly in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a handle to one end of which is connected a motor 2 having a buffing wheel 3 connected to one end of its shaft 4. A pulley 5 is secured to the other end of the shaft and mounted to swing on both end portions of the shaft are arms 6 the outer ends of which are connected by a spool 7 having a pulley 8 connected to one end thereof. A belt 9 transmits motion from pulley 5 to the pulley 8 so that the spool 7 will thus rotate and drive an endless polishing belt 10 mounted thereon. This belt is also mounted on a spool 11 carried by a yoke 12 connected to one end of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

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It is thought that the operationof the de I vice will be obvious. When the motor is operating the buffing wheel will be rotated and motion will be transmitted to the belt 10 through the pulleys 5 and 8 and the belt 9. ifer 3 can first be used after which the endless belt 10 can be applied while in high finish, or polish.

f preferred, and as shown in Figure 3 the motor 14 can be mounted between the sides of an elongated housing 15, at the center thereof and the shaft 16 can be provided with pulleys l7 and 18. Transverse shafts 19 are journaled in the end portions of the housing 15 and have rolls 20 thereon on which is mounted an endless belt 21. To the outer surface of this belt are secured blocks ofv bufling material, such as indicated at 22 and each block can be of felt or the like or can be a brush. mounted to rotate with one of the rolls 20 and'receives motion through a belt 24 from the pulley 18.

A polishing attachment can be used with the structure shown in Figure 3 and includes a frame 25 having end legs 26 provided with transverse pins 27 adapted to bear against the edges of the housing 15. Spools A pulley 23 is 28 are journaled in the end portions of the 1 frame 26 and carry an endless belt 29J ablyconnec'tedto one end ofthe housing 15 while a spring 38 detachably connects the other end of the frame 25 to the housing 15 and presses the pins 27 against the housing. WVith this arrangement either of the bufiing elements can be used and as the frame 25 can be applied quickly both forms of the device can be used successively, if desired.

hen using the structure shown in Figure 3 the housing 15 is grasped like the back of a brush which thus forms a handle whereby the polishing element can 'be pressed firmly to the surface of the shoe. e

The sides of the frame 25 are resilient and so shaped as to hold the belt 29 taut.

What is claimed is my own, I have hereto affixed my signature Thelccinlnbinetion with a; housing adapted in the presence of two Witnesses. to be ie C in the hen 0 a motor therein, an endless belt partly housed in said hous- JOHN BAUER 5 ing and driven by the motor, and buffing de- Witnesses:

vices on the belt. ALEX UMLAUF,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JOSEPH POUSHO. 

